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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-7898
2009-07-22 20:39:05
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Name        : firefox
Product     : Fedora 11
Version     : 3.5.1
Release     : 1.fc11
URL         : Summary     : Mozilla Firefox Web browser
Description :
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards
compliance, performance and portability.

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Update Information:

Update to new upstream Firefox version 3.5.1, fixing multiple security issues
detailed in the upstream advisories:    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.5/    Update also includes all packages
depending on gecko-libs rebuilt against new version of Firefox / XULRunner.
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ChangeLog:

* Fri Jul 17 2009 Martin Stransky  - 3.5.1-1
- Updated to 3.5.1.
* Tue Jul  7 2009 Jan Horak  - 3.5-2
- Updated icon
* Tue Jun 30 2009 Christopher Aillon  - 3.5-1
- Firefox 3.5 final release
* Tue May 26 2009 Martin Stransky  - 3.5-0.21
- fix for #502541 - Firefox version should depend 
  on Xulrunner but does not
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #511228 - CVE-2009-2477 CVE-2009-2478 CVE-2009-2479 firefox 3.5 various flaws
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511228
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update firefox' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 11 Update: firefox-3.5.1-1.fc11

July 22, 2009
Update to new upstream Firefox version 3.5.1, fixing multiple security issues detailed in the upstream advisories: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/...

Summary

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards

compliance, performance and portability.

Update Information:

Update to new upstream Firefox version 3.5.1, fixing multiple security issues detailed in the upstream advisories: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-3.5/ Update also includes all packages depending on gecko-libs rebuilt against new version of Firefox / XULRunner.

Change Log

* Fri Jul 17 2009 Martin Stransky - 3.5.1-1 - Updated to 3.5.1. * Tue Jul 7 2009 Jan Horak - 3.5-2 - Updated icon * Tue Jun 30 2009 Christopher Aillon - 3.5-1 - Firefox 3.5 final release * Tue May 26 2009 Martin Stransky - 3.5-0.21 - fix for #502541 - Firefox version should depend on Xulrunner but does not

References

[ 1 ] Bug #511228 - CVE-2009-2477 CVE-2009-2478 CVE-2009-2479 firefox 3.5 various flaws https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511228

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update firefox' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : firefox
Product : Fedora 11
Version : 3.5.1
Release : 1.fc11
URL : Summary : Mozilla Firefox Web browser

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